Variation in the risk of death due to COVID-19: An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is wide variation in mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Whether this is related to patient or hospital factors is unknown.

Objective

To compare the risk of mortality for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and to determine whether the majority of that variation was explained by differences in patient characteristics across sites.

Design, setting, and participants

An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 enrolled from 10 hospitals in Ontario, Canada and 8 hospitals in Copenhagen, Denmark between January 1, 2020 and November 11, 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Inpatient mortality. We used a multivariable multilevel regression model to compare the in-hospital mortality r

SUBMITTER: Quinn KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539016 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature